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Attorneys for Andre Thomas, sentenced to death for killing a little girl, say he will never be competent for his April 5 execution.

Attorneys for a mentally ill Texas death row prisoner, along with faith leaders and mental health professionals are working to stop his April 5 execution.

His lawyers say in March 2004, when he was 21, Thomas’ mental illness erupted in a burst of horrific violence in his hometown of Sherman, Texas.

He fatally stabbed his estranged wife, their 4-year-old son, and her 13-month-old daughter, cutting out the hearts of the children. He later gouged out both of his eyes, eating one of them.

Attorneys for a mentally ill Texas death row prisoner, along with faith leaders and mental health professionals are working to stop his April 5 execution, saying hell never be sufficiently

Attorneys for a mentally ill Texas death row prisoner, along with faith leaders and mental health professionals are working to stop his April 5 execution, saying hell never be sufficiently competent to be put to death

His lawyers say in March 2004, when he was 21, Thomas’ mental illness erupted in a burst of horrific violence in his hometown of Sherman, Texas.

Attorneys for 39-year-old Andre Thomas, a Texas death row inmate who gouged out his own eyes, are seeking clemency for their mentally ill client ahead of his April execution.

Texas death row inmate who cut out his eyes seeks clemency | 2023-02-18 23:13:07

HOUSTON (AP) -- Plagued by mental illness, Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas started hearing voices when he was 9 years old and first attempted suicide